help with Prestashop 1.4 Alpha 2

[simpson7647]

hi all, im still currently using prestashop 1.3.2 and looking to finally upgrade and looking at the new release of Prestashop 1.4 Alpha 2

First of all, is this all bug free and everything and worth upgrading too??

How do i upgrade my version as im still yet to do this at all :/

many thanks all

ryan

[shacker]

hi all, im still currently using prestashop 1.3.2 and looking to finally upgrade and looking at the new release of Prestashop 1.4 Alpha 2

First of all, is this all bug free and everything and worth upgrading too??

How do i upgrade my version as im still yet to do this at all :/

many thanks all

ryan

1.4 its a beta version- Dont use for production!!!

[simpson7647]

ohh okay, so if i simply wait, a production version may eventually come out?

thanks

should i upgrade ?? as im still running version 1.3.1.1?

and how?

thanks

[shacker]

ohh okay, so if i simply wait, a production version may eventually come out?

thanks

should i upgrade ?? as im still running version 1.3.1.1?

and how?

thanks

you can upgrade to 1.3.2 (have some important fixes)

[simpson7647]

okay ill do that.

But how :/ sorry ive never upgraded.

And im guessing it wont edit or delete anything from my website?

thankyou

[Vinosensis]

I did follow the steps from http://www.prestashop.com/wiki/Installing_And_Updating_PrestaShop_Software/#Update_PrestaShop and it all went through fine.

Good luck.

[simpson7647]

thanks vino.

So as long as i back up, at worst if it all goes wrong, i can save everything, correct?

But i simply have to copy everything over kind of thing yea?

[Vinosensis]

As long as you backup EVERYTHING, you should be ok. I would recommend using your host's backup services; if something turns really bad, you can always ask them to put the last backed up files on. In addition, I would recommend doing full backups (files+Database) everytime you make a change. And, if you can use version control on your server, even better.

[johnme]

Hi

i am install 1.4 alpha .. New installation

Its shows front end blank page

Backend ... module tab page empty , currency page empty



what the problem

[rocky]

It's working fine for me. Edit config/config.inc.php and temporarily change 'display_errors' from 'off' to 'on'. That should give you an error message instead of a blank page. Post the error message here.

[Petru]

I have the same problem.
Here is the error:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function mb_convert_encoding() in /home/viroti/public_html/catalog/classes/Tools.php on line 1334

[rocky]

What version of PHP are you using? It seems your server is missing the mb_convert_encoding() function.

[bcreichelt]

I was having the same problem and found that I had to modify my php.ini file to include the extension for the php_mbstring.dll

[Trove]

Do i have to keep the same foldername when i update or can i change it? My store is in domain.com/site/p i want to change it to domain/site when i update.

[rocky]

You can change the path by going to the Preferences tab, changing the "PS directory" from /site/p/ to /site/ then move all the files from /site/p to /site/ and PrestaShop should work from the new location. You can't move the files from within the installer. It will assume the files are in the same directory. If anything goes wrong, you can edit the "PS directory" manually by editing config/settings.inc.php and editing the __PS_BASE_URI__ value.

[Trove]

Thank you for the reply Rocky. I decided to just try it out myself, and luckily i figured it out pretty fast. Now my store is located closer to the root folder. Like you described, all I needed to change was the settings.inc.php.